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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0509 ORDINANCE NO. ~ 509 CITY OF LAKEVILLE, DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO .NORTHERN .STATES POWER, A MINNESOTA CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE, REPAIR AND MAINTAIN IN THE CITY OF LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA, AN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND. TRANSMISSION LINES, INCLUDING NECESSARY .POLES,. LINES, FIXTURES AND APPURTENANCES, FOR THE FURNISHING OF ELECTRIC. .ENERGY TO THE CITY, ITS INHABITANTS,. AND OTHERS, AND TO USE THE PUBLIC WAYS AND PUBLIC GROUNDS OF THE CITY FOR SUCH PURPOSES. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEVILLE, DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA,. DOES ORDAIN: SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS 1.1 "City" In this Ordinance, "City" means .the. City of Lakeville, County of Dakota, State of Minnesota. 1.2 "City Utility System" means the. facilities used for providing sewer, water, or .any other public utility service owned or operated by City or agency thereof. 1.3 "Company" means Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation, its successors and assigns. I.4 "Electric Facilities" means electric transmission and distribution towers, poles, lines, guys, anchors, conduits, fixtures, and necessary appurtenances owned or operated by the Company for the purpose. of providing. electric energy for public use. 1.5 "Notice" means a writing served by any party or parties on any other party or parties. Notice to Company shall be mailed to the Area. Manager thereof at 3000 Maxwell Avenue, Newport, MN 55055.. Notice to City shall be mailed to the City Clerk. 1 - 1.6 "Public Way" means any street, alley, or other public right-of--way within the City. 1.7 "Public Ground" means land owned by the City for park, open space or similar purpose, which is held for use in common by the public. 1.8 "Total Cost" means the cost to the Company for removing an overhead Electric Facility and replacing its.. function by installing an underground Electric Facility, including but not limited to, engineering, materials and labor, including overheads, less the depreciated value on the Company's books of the overhead Electric Facilities removed and replaced by said underground Electric Facilities. SECTION 2. FRANCHISE 2.1 Grant of Franchise. City hereby grants Company, for a period of twenty (20) years, the right to transmit and furnish electric energy for light, heat, power and other purposes for public and private use within and through the limits of the City as its boundaries now exist or as they may be extended in the future. For these purposes, Company may construct, operate, repair and maintain Electric. Facilities in, on, over, under and across the Public Ways and Public Grounds of the City, subject to the provisions of this .Ordinance. Company may do all reasonable things necessary or .customary to accomplish these purposes, subject, however, to zoning ordinances, other applicable ordinances, permit procedures, and to the further provisions of this franchise. 2.2 Effective Date Written Acceptance This franchise shall be in force and effect from and after its passage and its acceptance by the Company, and its publication as required by law. An acceptance by the Company must be filed with the City Clerk. within 90 days after publication. 2.3. Service Rates and Area= The- service to be provided and the rates to be charged by Company for electric service in City currently are subject to the jurisdiction of the .Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. The area within. City in which Company may provide electric service currently is subject to the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Section 21bB.40. However, during the term of this franchise, Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 216B, may be amended or repealed. in a manner (1) to allow City by franchise agreement or otherwise to directly establish service area 2 boundaries between electric suppliers providing electric service within the municipal limits of City, or (2) to permit City by franchise agreement or otherwise to establish service area boundaries which must be followed by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission in an application to it to revise service area boundaries previously established bythe.Commission, unless the Commission finds therequested revision would create an unreasonable duplication of facilities or such revision is for another reason not in the. best interest of the public. If this occurs, City may by resolution .direct Company to negotiate an amendment to this franchise agreement establishing such service area boundaries. If no amendment to this franchise occurs within 90 days after the date a written copy of such resolution is served upon Company, City may, upon 30 days prior written notice to Company, terminate this franchise by ordinance. Notwithstanding the foregoing, City shall not take any action which. deprives Company of the right to provide service to any customer of the Company existing at the time of City's action to terminate for the entire term of this franchise set forth in Section 2.1 unless Company, for its investment in facilities reasonably necessary to serve such customer,. is .duly compensated in accordance with the provisions of an applicable statute, or regulation thereunder, of the State of .Minnesota. 2.4. publication Expense. The expense of publication of this Ordinance. shall be paid by the Company. 2.5. I~.f~i If either party asserts that .the other party is in default in the performance of any obligation hereunder, the complaining party shall notify the other party of the default and the desired remedy. The notification shall be written. If .the dispute is not resolved within 30 days of the written notice, .either party may commence an action in District Court to interpret and enforce this franchise or for such other relief as may be permitted by law or equity for breach of contract, or either party may take any other action permitted by law. SECTION 3. LOCATION. OTHER RFGUT.ATIONS 3.1 Location of Facilities. Electric Facilities shall be located and constructed so as not to interfere with the safety and convenience of ordinary travel along and over Public Ways and they shall be located on Public Grounds as determined by the City. The Company's construction, reconstruction, operation, repair, maintenance and location of Electric Facilities shall be subject to other reasonable regulations of the City. 3 3.2 Field Locations. The Company shall provide field locations for any of its .underground Electric Facilities within a reasonable period of time on request by the City. The period of time will be considered reasonable if it compares favorably with the average time required by the cities in the same county to locate municipal underground facilities for the Company. 3.3 Street O enin~s. The Company shall not open or disturb the paved surface of any Public Way or Public Ground for any .purpose without first having obtained permission from the City, for which the City may impose a reasonable fee. Permit conditions imposed on the Company shall. not be more burdensome than those imposed on other utilities for similar facilities or work. The Company may, however, open and disturb the paved surface of any Public Way or Public Ground without permission from the City where an emergency exists requiring the immediate repair of Electric Facilities. In such event the Company shall notify the City by telephone to the office designated by the City before opening or disturbing a paved surface of a Public Way or Public Ground. Not later than the second working day thereafter, the Company shall obtain any .required permits. and: pay any required fees. 3.4 Restoration. After undertaking any work requiring the opening of any Public Way or Public Ground, the Company shall restore the same, including paving andits foundation, to as good condition as formerly existed, and shall maintain the same in good condition for two years thereafter. The work shall be completed as promptly as ..weather permits, and. if the Company shall not promptly perform and complete the work, remove all dirt, rubbish, equipment and material, and put the Public Way or Public Ground in the said condition, the City shall have, after demand to the Company to cure and the passage of a reasonable period of time following thedemand, but not to exceed five days, the rightto make the restoration at the expense of the Company. The Company shall pay to the City the cost of such work done for or performed by .the City, including its administrative expense ~ and overhead, plus ten percent additional as liquidated damages. This remedy shall be in addition to any other remedy available to the City. 3.5 Shared Use of Poles. The Company shall make space available on its poles or towers for City fire, water utility, police orother City facilities whenever such use will not interfere with the use of such poles or towers by the Company, by another electric utility, by a telephone utility, or by any cable television company or other form of 4 communication company. In addition, the City shall pay for any added cost incurred - by the Company because of such. use by City. 3.6 Building and Relocations. The Company, at the request of any person holding a building moving permit and with not less than five (5) days advance notice, shall temporarily remove, raise,. or lower its wires, conduits, and cables. The expense of such temporary removal, .raising, or lowering of wires, conduits, and cables shall be paid by person(s) requesting. the same,. and the Company shall have the authority to require such payment in advance. SECTION 4. RELOCATIONS 4.1 Relocation of Electric Facilities in Public Ways Except as provided in Section 4.4, if the City determines to vacate for a City improvement project, or to grade, regrade, or change the line of any Public Way, or construct or reconstruct. any City Utility System in any Public Way, it may order the Company to relocate its Electric Facilities located therein. The`Company shall relocate its Electric Facilities at its own .expense provided the Electric Facilities are. not .subject to undergrounding in accordance with Section 4.3. The City_shall give the Company reasonable notice of plans to vacate for a City improvement project, or to grade, regrade, or change the line of any Public Way or to construct or reconstruct any City Utility System. If a relocation is ordered within two years of a prior relocation of the same Electrical Facilities, which was made at Company expense, the City shall reimburse Company for non-betterment expenses. on a time and material basis, provided that if a subsequent relocation is required because of the extension of a City Utility System to a previously unserved area, Company may be required to make the subsequent relocation at-its expense. Nothing in this Ordinance requires Company to relocate, remove, replace or reconnect at its own expense its facilities where such relocation,. removal, replacement of reconstruction is solely for the convenience of the City and is not reasonably necessary for the construction or reconstruction of a Public Way or City Utility System or other City improvement. 4.2 Relocation of Electric Facilities in Public Ground. Except as maybe provided in Section 4.4, City may require the Company to relocate or remove its Electric Facilities from Public Ground upon a finding by City that the Electric Facilities have become or will become a substantial impairment of the. public. use to which the Public Ground is or will be put. The relocation or removal shall be at the Company's expense. The provisions of Section 4 apply only to Electric Facilities constructed in 5 reliance on a franchise and the Company does not waive its rights under an easement - or prescriptive right, or State or County permit. 4.3. Change to Underground. If required by the City, the Company shall change from aerial to underground, at City expense based on the Company's Total Cost, in any area where: (1) the City requests underground lines and all other lines hereafter are changed from aerial to underground, or (2) .any aerial.. line is changed to .underground by the open trench with telephone and/or cable television,. and. the Company can share trench at a cost not to exceed the Company's pro rata share of the cost of the trenching. Prior to commencement of construction by the Company of any particular project, the City shall .deliver a written commitment to pay. the Total Cost for the project as estimated by the Company. 4.4. Projects with State or Federal Funding,, Relocation, removal, or rearrangement of any Company facilities made necessary because of the extension into or through City of afederally-aided highway project shall be governed by the provisions of Minnesota Statutes Section 161.46 as supplemented or amended.. It is understood that the right herein granted to Company is a valuable right. City shall not order Company to remove, or relocate its facilities when a Public Way is vacated, improved or realigned because of a renewal. or a redevelopment plan which is financially subsidized in whole or in part by the Federal Government or any agency thereof,. unless the reasonable. non-betterment costs of such relocation and the loss and expense resulting therefrom are. first paid to Company, but the City need not pay those portions of such for which reimbursement to it is not available. 4.5 j~iabilit~ Nothing in this Ordinance relieves any person from liability arising out of the failure to exercise reasonable care to avoid damaging Electric Facilities while performing any activity. SECTION 5. TREE TRIMMING The Company may trim all trees and shrubs in the Public Ways and Public Grounds of City interfering with the proper construction, operation, repair and maintenance of any Electric Facilities installed hereunder, provided that the Company shall save the City harmless from any liability arising therefrom, and subject to permit or other reasonable regulation by the City. 6 .SECTION 6. INDENINIFICATION 6.1 The Company shall indemnify, keep and hold the City free and harmless from any and all liability on account of injury topersons or damage to property occasioned by the construction, maintenance,. repair, inspection, the issuance of permits, or the operation of .the Electric Facilities located in the City.. The City shall not. be indemnified for losses or claims occasioned through its own negligence except for losses. or claims arising out. of or alleging the City's negligence as to the issuance. of permits for, or inspection of, the Company's plans or work. The City shall not be indemnified if the injury or damage results from the performance in a proper manner of acts reasonably deemed hazardous by Company, and such performance is nevertheless ordered or directed. by City after notice of Company's determination. 6.2 In the. event a suit is brought against the City under circumstances where this agreement. to indemnify applies, the Company at its sole cost and expense shall defend the City in such suit if written notice. thereof is promptly given to the Company within a period wherein the Company is not prejudiced by lack of such notice. Tf the Company is required to indemnify and defend, it will thereafter have control of such litigation, but the Company may not settle such litigation. without the consent of the City, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. This section is not, as to third parties, a waiver of any defense or immunity otherwise available to the City; and the Company,. in defending any action on behalf of the City shall be entitled to assert in any action every defense or immunity that the City could assert in its own behalf. SECTION 7. VACATION OF PUBLIC WAYS The. City shall give the Company at least two weeks' prior written notice of a proposed vacation of a Public Way.. Except where required for a City streetor other improvement project, the vacation of any Public Way, after the installation of Electric Facilities, shall not operate to deprive Company of its rights to operate and maintain such Electrical Facilities, until the reasonable cost of relocating the same and the loss and expense resulting from such relocation are first paid to Company..In no case, .however, shall City be liable to the Company for failure. to specifically preserve a right-of--way, under Minnesota Statutes, Section 160.29. SECTION S. CHANGE IN FOR'VI OF GOVERNiVIENT Any change in the form of government of the. City shall not affect the validity of this Ordinance. Any governmental unit succeeding the City shall, without the consent of the Company, succeed to all of the rights and obligations of the City provided in this Ordinance. SECTION 9. FRANCHISE FEE 9.1. ~parate Ordinance. During the term of the franchise hereby granted, and in lieu of any permit or other fees being imposed on the Company, the City may impose on the Company a franchise fee of not more than five percent of the Company's gross revenues as hereinafter defined. The franchise fee .shall be imposed by a separate ordinance duly adopted by the Ciry Council, which ordinance shall not be adopted until at least 60 days after written notice enclosing such proposed. ordinance has been served upon. the Company by certified mail. The fee shall not become effective until at least 60 days after written notice enclosing such adopted ordinance has been served upon the Company by certified mail. Section 2.5 shall constitute the sole remedy for solving disputes between the Company and the Ciry in regard to the interpretation of, or enforcement of, the separate ordinance. No action by the Ciry to implement a separate ordinance will commence until this ordinance is effective. Ito pre-existing ordinance imposing a fee shall be effective against the Company unless it is specifically amended after the effective date of this ordinance following the procedures of this Section 9 for the adoption of a new separate ordinance. A separate ..ordinance which does not impose. a uniform franchise fee on all revenues within the definition of gross revenues shall not be effective against the Company. 9.2 Terms Defined. The term "gross revenues" means all sums received by the .Company from the sale of electricity to its retail customers within the corporate limits of the City, excluding any. surcharge or similar addition to the Company's charges to customers for the purpose of reimbursing the Company for the cost resulting from the franchise fee, and further excluding the cost of any state or federal sales tax as well as any tax on energy orany element thereof ,such as btu value or carbon content. 9.3 Collection of the Fee. The franchise fee shall be payable not less .often than quarterly, and shall be based. on the gross revenues of the Company during complete billing months during the period for which payment is to be made. The payment shall be due the last business day of the month following the period for which the payment a 0$/04/8a lb:~l X612 4b2 bbb0 CAMPBELL KNUTSON LAI~VILLE C.HAi.L 1~00~/004 RUG-04-93 WED 13.29 P. 02102 is made, TIYe percent fee may be changed by ordinance from time to time; howevear, each change shall meet the same mice requirements and the percentage may not be charged snore often than annually. Such fee shall a~ot exceed any a><xxou.nt wbuich the Company may legally charge to its customers prior to payment to the City by imposing a suucharge equivalent to such fee in its rates for electric service The Company may day the City the fee based upon the surcharge bailled subject to subsequent reductions to acccoun# foruucollectibles or customer refunds. The time and manner of collectia~g tho franchise fee is subject to the approval of the Public Utilities Gomamissioaa, which the ComganY agrees to use best efforts to obtaim. The Company agrees to make its gross rcvonues records available for inspection by .the City at reasonable tomes. 9.4 s3itian of the Per- The separate ordinance imposing the fee shaIl not be e~'ective agaiast the.Company unless it lawfully imposes and the City quarterly or mare often collects a fee or tax of the same or greater percenntage on the receiQts from sales ofenergy within the City by any other energy supplier, provided that, as to such a supplier, the City has the authority to require a franchise fee ar to impose a tax. 1'he franchise fee or tax shall be applicable to energy salsa for any energy use related to heating, cooliagg, or lighting, as well as to the supply of energy needed to arun machinery and alapliances oan premises located withiaa or adjacent to the City, but shall not apply to energy sates far the purpose. of pmvlding fuel for .vehicles. The provisions of this Section 9.4 will not apply, however, if thG franchise fee is dedicated to paying the cast of undergroundu><g electric Facilities belonging to the Company provided that: (l) the City shall ca~aintain such a unrgrounding franchise fee in a separate account amd shall not use it for any otherr purpc?se other than reimbursing the Company for the cost of undergrauanding its Fdectric Facilities; and (2) prova~ded that collection of the franchise fee will terminate when the balance ian the account exceeds the amount the Company estimates is necessary to reimburse alt for the cost of undeargTg ProJ~~, which the City has given notice of under Section 4.3 or which the Company and City have otherwise agroed the company should perform on a ar+eirnbursement basis. 'X'he Company wi11 not terminate the collection of such a franchise fee without providia~g the City .with. at lease 30 days prior written notice. After completion of all scheduled projects at the time of termination of the franchise fee, the City a[may use any aremauung balance in the account for its geaneral purposes.. 9 SECTION 10. SEVERABILITY If any portion of this franchise is found to be invalid for any reason whatsoever, the validity of the remainder shall not be affected. .SECTION 11. AMENDMENT This ordinance may be amended at any time by the City passing a subsequent.. ordinance declaring the provisions of the amendment, which amendatory ordinance shall become effective upon the filing of the Company's written consent thereto with the City Clerk within 90 days after the effective date of the amendatory .ordinance. SECTION 12. PREVIOUS FRANCHISES SUPERSF,DED This franchise supersedes any previous electric franchise granted to the Company or its predecessor. Passed and approved August ~ 1993 Mayor of the City of Lakeville Minnesota ~TTEST: r 6 `+v' Clerk of the City of Lakeville , M1IlIleSOta 10 PUBLIC NOTICE ORDINANCE NO. 509 CITY OF LAKEVILLE, DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO NORTHERN STATES POWER, A MINNESOTA CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE, REPAIR AND MAINTAIN IN THE CITY OF LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA, AN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION LINES, INCLUDING NECESSARY POLES, LINES, FIXTURES AND APPURTENANCES, FOR THE FURNISHING OF ELECTRIC ENERGY TO THE CITY, ITS INHABITANTS, AND OTHERS, AND TO USE THE PUBLIC WAYS AND PUBLIC GROUNDS OF THE CITY FOR SUCH PURPOSES. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEVILLE, DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA, DOES ORDAIN: SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS 1.1 "City""In this Ordinance, "City" means the City of Lakeville, County of Dakota, State of Minnesota. 1.2 "City Utility System" means the facilities used for providing sewer, water, or any other public utility service owned or operated by City or agency thereof. 1.3 "Company" means Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota cor- poration, its successors and assigns. 1.4 "Electric Facilities" means electric transmission and distribution towers, poles, lines, guys, anchors, conduits, fixtures, and necessary appurtenances owned or operated by the Company for the purpose of providing electric energy for public use. 1.5 "Notice" means a writing served by any party or parties on any other party or parties. Notice to Company shall be mailed to the Area Manager thereof at 3000 Maxwell Avenue, Newport, MN 55055. Notice to City shall be mailed to the City Clerk. 1.6 "Public Way" means any street, alley, or other public right-of-way within the City. 1.7 "Public Ground" means land owned by the City for park, open space or similar purpose, which is held for use in common by the public. 1.8 "Total Cost" means the cost to the Company for removing an overhead Electric Facility and replacing its function by installing an underground Electric Facility, including but not limited to, engineering, materials and labor, including overheads, less the depreciated value on the Company's books of the overhead Electric Facilities removed and replaced by said underground Electric Facilities. ( SECTION 2. IRANCHISE 2.1 f rant f Franchise. City hereby grants Company, for a period of twenty 1 (20) years, the right to transmit and fur- nish electric energy for light, heat, power ( and other purposes for public and private use within and through the limits of the ` City as its boundaries now exist or as they ( may be extended in the future. For these purposes, Company may construct, oper- n,,u0 gas:a;s.97111"1s�'C.\911/trefrifYl this franchise set forth in Section 2.1 unless Company, for its investment in facilities reasonably necessary to serve such customer, is duly compensated in accordance with the provisions of an applicable statute, or regulation there- under, of the State of Minnesota. 2.4. Fublicatio i Exoense. The expense of publication of this Ordinance shall be paid by the Company. 2.5. Default If either party asserts that the other party is in default in the perfor- mance of any obligation hereunder, the complaining party shall notify the other party of the default and the desired rem- edy. The notification shall be written. If the dispute is not resolved within 30 days of the written notice, either party may commence an action in District Court to interpret and enforce this franchise or for such other relief as may be permitted by law or equity for breach of contract, or either party may take any other action permitted by law. SECTION 3. LOCATION. OTHER REG- ULATIONS EGULATIONS 3.1 Location 4f Facilities Electric Fa- cilities shall be located and constructed so as not to interfere with the safety and con- venience of ordinary travel along and over Public Ways and they shall be located on Public Grounds as determined by the City. The Company's construction, reconstruction, operation, repair, maintenance and location of Electric Facilities shall be subject to other reasonable regulations of the City. 3.2 Field J,ocations. The Company shall provide field locations for any of its underground Electric Facilities within a reasonable period of time on request by the City. The period of time will be considered reasonable if it compares favorably with the average time required by the cities in the same county to locate municipal underground facilities for the Company. 3.3 Street Openinas. The Company shall not open or disturb the paved surface of any Public Way or Public Ground for any purpose without first having obtained permission from the City, for which the City may impose a reasonable fee. Permit conditions imposed on the Company shall not be more burdensome than those im- posed on other utilities for similar facilities or work. The Company may, however, open and disturb the paved surface of any Public Way or Public Ground without permission from the City where an emer- gency exists requiring the immediate re- pair of Electric Facilities. In such event the Company shall notify the City by telephone to the office designated by the City before opening or disturbing a paved surface of a Public Way or Public Ground. Not later than the second working day thereafter, the Company shall obtain any required permits and pay any required fees. 3.4 Restoration. After undertaking any work requiring the opening of any Public Way or Public Ground, the Company shall restore the same, including paving and its foundation, to as good condition as formerly existed, and shall maintain the same in good condition for two years thereafter. The work shall be completed as promptly as weather permits. and if the Comnanv shall not AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION Richard M. Sherman , being duly sworn, on oath says that he/she is the publisher or authorized agent and employee of the publisher of the newspaper known as Lakeville Life & Times, and has full know- ledge of the facts which are stated below: (A) The newspaper has complied with all ofthe requirements constituting quali- fications as a qualified newspaper, as pro- vided by Minnesota Statute 331A.02, 331A.07, and other applicable laws, as amended. (B)Theprinted City of Lakeville NSP- Ord. 509 which is attached was cut from the col- umns of said newspaper, and was printed and published once on Monday, the 9 day of Aug. , 1993; and printed below is a copy of the lower case alphabet from A to Z, both inclusive, which s hereby acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition end publication of the notice: abcdefghij kl mnopgrstuvwxyz 3Y: �. ITLE: Publisher subscribed and sworn to before me on tis 9 day of Aust , 1993. 4/l�r�i votary Public 1 BARBARA J. GROSBERG NOTARY PUBLIC - MINNESOTA SCOTT COUNTY My commission expires 1-1 97